Novo Nordisk recalls

Novo Nordisk has 18 recalls on record with the FDA and USDA, the earliest in 2016 and the latest reported on 7 Jan 2026. 2 are still ongoing. 2 were reported in the last 12 months. The most frequent reason is temperature abuse.

Total recalls18since 2016

Last 12 months2reported

Class I1161% of total

Ongoing2latest 7 Jan 2026

Recalls per month, last 24 months

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0Nov '24 0 0 0Feb 0 0 0May 0 0 0Aug 0 0 0Nov 0 2 0Feb 0 0 0May 0 0 0Aug 0 0

Severity split

Class I 11 61%Class II 7 39%Class III 0 0%

Why novo nordisk is recalled

Product types

Brands

By year

2026211%
20211372%
201716%
2016211%

Ongoing novo nordisk recalls

2 active

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
7 Jan 2026Drug	CLASS II	Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 0.5 mg/-Dose Prefilled Pens recalled	Novo Nordisk	Particulate Matter	Nationwide
7 Jan 2026Drug	CLASS II	Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 1 mg/-Dose Prefilled Pens recalled	Novo Nordisk	Particulate Matter	Nationwide

All novo nordisk recalls, newest first

18 total

Reported	Class	Recall	Company	Reason	Where
7 Jan 2026Drug	CLASS II	Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 0.5 mg/-Dose Prefilled Pens recalled	Novo Nordisk	Particulate Matter	Nationwide
7 Jan 2026Drug	CLASS II	Wegovy (semaglutide) Injection, 1 mg/-Dose Prefilled Pens recalled	Novo Nordisk	Particulate Matter	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Tresiba FlexTouch (insulin degludec injection)/mL recalledTresiba	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	NovoLog (Insulin aspart) Injection/mL (U-100) recalled by Novo NordiskNovolog	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Tresiba FlexTouch (insulin degludec injection)/mL recalledTresiba	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Fiasp FlexTouch (insulin aspart injection)/mL recalled by Novo NordiskFiasp	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Fiasp (insulin aspart injection)/mL (U-100) recalled by Novo NordiskFiasp	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Levemir FlexTouch (insulin detemir) injection/mL recalled	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Xultophy 100/3.6 (insulin degludec recalled by Novo NordiskXultophy 100/3.6	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Fiasp PenFill (insulin aspart injection)/mL recalled by Novo NordiskFiasp	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	Tresiba (insulin degludec injection)/mL (U-100) recalled by Novo NordiskTresiba	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS II	ViCTOZA (liraglutide) injection, 18 mg/ (6 mg/mL), contains recalledVictoza	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS II	Ozempic (semaglutide) injection, 2 mg recalled by Novo Nordisk	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS I	NovoLog FlexPen (insulin aspart) Injection/mL Prefilled recalledNovolog	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
21 Apr 2021Drug	CLASS II	Saxenda (liraglutide) Injection, 18 mg/ (6 mg/mL) recalledSaxenda	Novo Nordisk	Temperature Abuse	Nationwide
13 Dec 2017Device	CLASS II	Dial-A-Dose Insulin Delivery Device (Pen-Injector) cartridge holders recalled	Novo Nordisk	Device Malfunction	Nationwide
28 Dec 2016Drug	CLASS I	GlucaGen HypoKit (glucagon [rDNA origin] for injection) recalled	Novo Nordisk	Other	Nationwide
15 Jun 2016Drug	CLASS II	Norditropin FlexPro Somatropin (rDNA origin) injection recalledNorditropin	Novo Nordisk	Other	Nationwide

About this list

Records come from FDA enforcement reports and USDA FSIS notices, grouped by normalised name. A company operating under several names may appear more than once.